thank you for the information about your dongle. It's now in the list.

I took a look into the threads you sent me. Unfortunately, this are projects/products very similar to PhoneControl.NET. They don't use any kind of SDK, they only use the Bluetooth virtual COM port.

You know, there are only a couple of vendors who have such things as Bluetooth drivers (3 or 4 AFAIK). Widcomm is one of them and they managed it to spread their product almost all over the world.
If I'd use another SDK, you would have to uninstall your current driver and install the one I'm using. This could lead to so much side effects.

So, this is the reason why it has to be the Widcomm.

But I know also, that there are a few developers out there, who use the SDK to build their own products / tools upon. Maybe, one day someone has to offer such a package that I can afford :D

04-30-2004, 05:30 AM

BeamRider

I forgot to notify the compatibility with Sitecom Class 1 USB dongle (model CN-502), but when the dongle uses a good stack (as WIDCOMM is) I think that all BT adapters are compatible with PhoneControl.

liquid_smoke: I have a T610 and it has the answer mode settings, but it's not the phone answering the call, it's the virtual BT headset (my carputer).

04-30-2004, 08:28 PM

HACKTHS

This could be total noob question

This is probibly a TOTAL NOOB question, what microphone are people using to make their Car PC a speaker phone? I want something that is directed and sensitive... my car is pretty modified and the exhaust can be quite deep, sometimes it resonates though the car. Just wondering what people are using?

05-03-2004, 11:10 AM

Phrozenpenguin

I think sp1 for xp has BT manager built in, making the widcommm sw not needed.
Don't know if this will help tho!

05-03-2004, 11:20 AM

zorro

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phrozenpenguin

I think sp1 for xp has BT manager built in, making the widcommm sw not needed.
Don't know if this will help tho!

SP2 has it, SP1 don't. As far as I know, it's not very stable yet (maybe because it's still not released).

Beside, I didn't hear anything about an API from Microsofts side... However, this will be the next on my list, as soon the release is available ;)

<edit>
A closer look on Microsoft's website told me, that the in SP2 implemented BT-Stack won't support any HSP Profile. Thus, you'll still need the Widcomm stack for such functionallity as connecting to a Headset.
</edit>

05-03-2004, 11:27 AM

zorro

Quote:

Originally Posted by HACKTHS

This is probibly a TOTAL NOOB question, what microphone are people using to make their Car PC a speaker phone? I want something that is directed and sensitive... my car is pretty modified and the exhaust can be quite deep, sometimes it resonates though the car. Just wondering what people are using?

Somehow (playing around with the BT Monitor) I figured out the following:
pBda - is a byte array of 6 bytes
pDevClass - is a byte array of 3 bytes
pDevName - is a bytes array of 248 bytes
pDevGuid - is a guid (16 bytes)

Im not quite sure, whether this information is correct or not.

Knowing something about Bluetooth I can provide some info here.

So, it looks like:

pBda is a Bluetooth address of the device which is unique identifier of the device (like a MAC address of network card)

pDevClass is a Class of Device - 3 bytes bit array which can tell you if device is a phone, desktop computer or something else

pDevName - user friendly ascii device name.

with regards,
Sergey

05-03-2004, 12:20 PM

zorro

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sergey

Knowing something about Bluetooth I can provide some info here.

So, it looks like:

pBda is a Bluetooth address of the device which is unique identifier of the device (like a MAC address of network card)

pDevClass is a Class of Device - 3 bytes bit array which can tell you if device is a phone, desktop computer or something else

pDevName - user friendly ascii device name.

with regards,
Sergey

Yes, your right ;)

But what I don't know is:
- Is pBda a pointer (*) or a pointer pointer (**)?
- What is the code for such a DevClass (which number / text) identifies a phone?
- Has DevName a meaning? Can I name it however I want to or do I have to use the already given names (as "Headset")?

If you know more about... teach me ;)

05-03-2004, 01:56 PM

Sergey

Quote:

Originally Posted by zorro

- Is pBda a pointer (*) or a pointer pointer (**)?

Well, I don't know what kind of pointer they give. All I can say is BD_ADDR (Bluetooth Device address) is a 6 bytes array.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zorro

- What is the code for such a DevClass (which number / text) identifies a phone?